Two men, Gregory Persaud and Antonio Alonzo Lawrie, were charged in relation to the ongoing probe into the recent discovery of 10 AK-47 rifles and were remanded to prison. In a release, Police Headquarters said the men were charged with conspiracy to commit a Felony. The charge was laid under Section 33 of the Criminal...

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The Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) is getting a major facelift. An expanded four-team tournament, a brand-new franchise in the Jamaica Empress, and an uninterrupted ten-day window in Barbados form the bedrock of a re-engineered 2026 edition, which organisers are billing as a holistic “festival” of women’s cricket. The entire eight-match tournament will take place...

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Guyana is drawing inspiration from global leaders in digital child protection to craft a national online safety and ethical technology framework. According to Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira, Guyana will look to international partners as it seeks to become a trailblazer across the Caribbean with the implementation of new regulations. The proposed...

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(Kaieteur News) – Foreign companies operating in Guyana’s gold-rich mining sector pay as little as US$5 per acre annually for access to mineral-bearing lands, a rate critics may view as remarkably low given the billions of dollars in gold resources being developed across the country. According to the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), the annual […]

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(Kaieteur News) – A 23-year-old farmer has confessed to the brutal murder of seven-year-old Adriel Aftab Mohamed and the attempted murder of 72-year-old Halima Itwari of Zeelugt New Housing Scheme, after investigators confronted him with compelling digital evidence linking him to the crime scene. The suspect was arrested Saturday, one day after the pre-dawn attack […]

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…as 5.4M ounces Toroparu Gold Project advances (Kaieteur News) – Canadian mining company Aris Mining Corporation has commenced key pre-construction activities for its large-scale Toroparu Gold Project in Guyana, including the construction of a bridge at the Puruni River crossing. In an update published on June 4, Aris said work is progressing on several early-stage infrastructure […]

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